Service Definition and Submit Service Properties
The following table lists the properties shown in the
Service Definition
and
Submit Service
windows for
the Back Up Volumes service template.
Property Key
Property Name
Description
Required or optional
openstack.containerNam
e
Container name
Specify the name of the
container in which to
store backups.
R
openstack.instanceNam
e
Instance name
Specify the instance
name. Note that the
name you specify here is
the display name of the
instance in OpenStack,
and is different from a
host name in the OS.
O
openstack.volumeName
s
Volume names
Specify the volume
names. To specify
multiple names, use a
comma (,) as a
separator. You can
specify a maximum of 27
volume names.
O
openstack.backupOutput
FilePath
Backup information
output file path (remote)
Specify a full path of the
file to which backup
information is to be
output on the OpenStack
control server.
R
NOTE:
Although some of the properties in the tables indicate that they can be omitted, they may be
required when used in conjunction with some other property setting as indicated in the descriptions.
Prerequisites
The following conditions must be met:
• The service cinder-backup is running.
• Each instance name is unique within a single project.
• Each volume name is unique within a single project.
• Each container name is unique within a single project.
Server requirements
To use this service template, the following servers are required:
• OpenStack server -- A server on which OpenStack is installed.
• KVM server -- A server on which a Kernel-based Virtual Machine is installed.
• OpenStack control server -- A server that runs REST-API functions on the OpenStack server.
• Instance -- An instance (a normal virtual server) managed by the OpenStack server and by KVM.
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